We have mineral rights in certain NMAs that the Operators tell us we’re not in the pay deck for their wells. How do we go about understanding why we should or should not be participating in production in Sections we own mineral rights?
Look up the wells on the GIS maps of your state for the plat maps of wells. You may have a surface location in your acreage, but the spacing unit and perforations may be in the tract next door.
The pay deck comes out of the Division Title report run for each well. Your ancestors may have sold the mineral rights that you thought you had. Occasionally, those Title reports can be wrong, so if you have deeds, probates, etc., then that can straighten out the information and get the deck corrected. What state are you dealing with?